Publications

Research Summary

Marketing Challenges in India

By: Das Narayandas

Das is writing a series of field cases that explore the challenges faced by firms in the rapidly evolving and growing Indian economy. View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

into a meaningful, harmonious whole. This common yet nevertheless challenging problem is obviously evident when we talk about the design of complex technical devices. Automobiles have tens of thousands of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

1982
Book

Managing Business-Government Relations: Cases and Notes on Business-Government Problems

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Management; Business Ventures; Government and Politics; Relationships; Information; Cases; Problems and Challenges

December 2018 (Revised October 2019)
Case

Barteca: The Challenge and Opportunity of Private Equity

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael S. Kaufman

Andy Pforzheimer and Sasa Mahr-Batuz, co-founders of a highly successful seven-location restaurant brand, had just opened the first location of a new brand. They had mapped out future expansion for both brands but wondered if, rather than lining up an assortment of... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Private Equity; Strategy; Decision Making

Educators

August 2016 (Revised August 2020)
Exercise

Entrepreneurial Finance Problem Set

By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Robert White

February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Supplement

CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (C)

By: George Serafeim

February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Supplement

CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (B)

By: George Serafeim

February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Case

CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (A)

By: George Serafeim

Educators

1977
Article

Individual Rationality and Nash's Solution to the Bargaining Problem

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Negotiation; Problems and Challenges

1992
Book

Case Problems in Finance

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr., W. C. Kester, S. P. Mason, T. R. Piper and R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Finance

August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
Background Note

Managing in an Information Age: Organizational Challenges and Opportunities

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Managers and management theorists spent the majority of this century building and perfecting the hierarchy; however, if we believe the press, they now appear to be engaged in destroying it. While many proclaim the dawning of the "Information Age" organization and the... View Details

Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities

October 2001
Article

The On-Line Auction Phenomenon: Growth, Strategies, Promise, and Problems

By: Gillian Ku and Deepak Malhotra

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Auctions; Growth and Development; Strategy; Problems and Challenges

August 1985
Article

The College Admissions Problem Is Not Equivalent to the Marriage Problem

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Higher Education

November–December 2014
Article

Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization

By: Benjamin Edelman

Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records can track who clicked what ad—and often who saw what ad—to compare those clicks with users' subsequent purchases. Ever-cheaper IT makes this tracking... View Details

Keywords: Online Advertising; Fraud; Optimization; Incentives; Digital Marketing; Contracts; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Design

Read Now

December 2015
Case

Negotiating the Path of Abraham, 2015 Progress and Challenges

By: James K. Sebenius

The Abraham Path board reviews the last five years and seeks to frame and act on its major strategic, negotiating, and operational challenges going forward. The Abraham Path Initiative seeks to revitalize a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path... View Details

Educators

03 Jun 2021
News

CEOs Are the Problem

16 Sep 2021
News

Dean Datar on Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving

Courtesy Patrick McGinnis Courtesy Patrick McGinnis Dean Srikant Datar recently spoke to author, podcast host, and venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004) about design thinking and innovative View Details

1995
Chapter

Incentive Problems in Financial Contracting: Impacts on Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management Policies

By: K. Froot

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry